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This October, Amy Sedaris will release her first solo book, I Like You: Hospitality Under The Influence.

Also, here are some clips on You Tube from her recent appearance on Sesame Street:
Part 1
Part 2

AMY SEDARIS' I LIKE YOU BOOK TOUR

* 10/5/06 7:00 pm Philadelphia, PA 215 Festival (at Central Library)
* 10/16/06 7:00 pm New York, NY Barnes & Noble - Union Square
* 10/18/06 7:00 pm Chicago, IL Borders Books - North Michigan Avenue
* 10/19/06 7:00 pm Raleigh, NC Meredith College - Jones Auditorium
* 10/20/06 7:00 pm Durham, NC The Regulator Bookshop
* 10/21/06 1:00 pm Charlotte, NC Park Road Books
* 10/21/06 7:00 pm Asheville, NC Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe
* 10/23/06 8:00 pm San Francisco, CA Herbst Theatre - City Arts & Lectures
* 10/25/06 7:00 pm West Hollywood, CA Book Soup - Sunset Boulevard
* 10/27/06 Austin, TX Texas Book Festival First Edition Literary Gala
* 10/28/06 8:00 pm Austin, TX BookPeople Bookstore
* 10/30/06 Seattle, WA TBA (An Evening With Amy Sedaris - TheWarrenReport)
* 11/3/06 7:30 pm New York, NY Symphony Space
* 11/4/06 1:00 pm Aventura, FL Macy's Aventura Mall
* 11/4/06 6:00 pm Fort Lauderdale, FL A Night of Literary Laughter
* 11/5/06 1:00 pm Miami, FL Macy's Dadeland Mall

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Posted by Johnny Metro at 12:40 PM | Permalink

Adding to a long lineage of great musical artists to appear on The Simpsons, The White Stripes will be on the upcoming September 17th episode. This Simpsons season is the first one I can remember in a long time that actually began before Halloween, and I couldn't be more delighted.

Posted by Johnny Metro at 03:11 PM | Permalink

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I've been a big Tenacious D fan for a long time, and I've sort of come around to not hating Liam Lynch (director) so let's all keep our fingers crossed about this one, ok?

Posted by Johnny Metro at 04:49 PM | Permalink

Oscar-nominee Paul Giamatti hopes to play prolific sci-fi author Philip K. Dick in an upcoming biopic.

The "Lady in the Water" star is already set to produce through his Touchy Feely Films production shingle, along with Anonymous Content. According to Variety, the Dick flick would be authorized by the writer's estate and co-produced through the estate's Electric Shepherd Prods.

Tony Grisoni -- no stranger to wacky biopics from his time adapting "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" -- will write the Dick project, reportedly interweaving parts of the author's life with scenes from "The Owl in Daylight," his unfinished final novel.

Dick died in 1982, but his legacy includes dozens of full-length novels and even more short stories.

At their best, Dick's ideas have been brought to the big screen as "Blade Runner," "Total Recall" and "Minority Report." Then again, "Screamers," "Imposter" and "Paycheck" all started from Dick works as well. Richard Linklater's adaptation of Dick's "A Scanner Darkly" is now in theaters and next up is a version of Dick's "Next," starring Nicolas Cage.

Giamatti can currently be seen in "Lady" and heard in the animated "Ant Bully." The "Sideways" star has "The Illusionist" opening next week and more vocal work in "Amazing Screw-On Head," available for download in the SciFi Channel Web site.

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Posted by Johnny Metro at 03:54 PM | Permalink

Click here for the details. This is the Woodland Hills home where Beefheart recorded the legendary Trout Mask Replica.

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